diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 9c380e7edf62..0cc02577577b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int is_shared_data_backref(struct preftrees *preftrees, u64 bytenr)
 	struct rb_node **p = &preftrees->direct.root.rb_root.rb_node;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 	struct prelim_ref *ref = NULL;
-	struct prelim_ref target = {0};
+	struct prelim_ref target = {};
 	int result;
 
 	target.parent = bytenr;